Left Foot Forward
First ministers express “extreme anger” over date of AV vote
The leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations have written to David Cameron to express their “extreme anger” over the UK coalition’s plans to hold a referendum on changing the electoral system on the same day as next year’s elections to local councils and to the devolved bodies.
Politics Summary: Monday, July 5th
A detailed audit of last month's Budget has shown that women will shoulder nearly three-quarters of the burden of cuts and tax increases.
MyMP iPhone edition
Mobile devices and the political system have had a surprisingly long history, from waist-band mounted pagers being an essential accessory of MPs during the Blair years to mobile phone voting being trialled successfully in Sheffield in 2002 for local elections.
Abbott supports AV but blasts Balls
Diane Abbott is the second leadership candidate to respond to our questions crowd-sourced with Left Foot Forward readers after David […]
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The referendum on the alternative vote will be announced next week and held next May, a story the BBC has been leading on today and last night - and a story broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday evening.
The week outside Westminster
A round-up of the week's politics from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.